If you ask my mom to name her favorite foods in Bangkok, she�d start rattling off a long list, �durian, rambutan, longan, lychee, mangosteen...� allllll fruits, and indeed, we ate plenty of fruit that week!

Fruits that are typically expensive or infrequently found in Hawaii overflood the produce section in Bangkok supermarkets and everywhere you turn, street vendors push carts filled with these sweet jewels.

A pound of fruit often costed less than a bottle of water!

The floating market just an hour outside of Bangkok.

Rambutans!

Rambutan Innards

Lychees

Lychee Innards

Mangosteens from a Chinatown vendor

Mangosteen Innards

And the best fruit ever...DURIAN!

Of all the fruits I could have eaten, durian remained my steady favorite. I loved it so much that we bought an entire fresh durian at the market and had them chop it up so I could take it back to the hotel.

Needless to say, we stunk up the taxi and hotel room. But I suppose �stunk up� is rather subjective, cause to me, the scent of durian is mighty attractive! I like my durian cold, soft and creamy.

It has the texture of pudding in your mouth and the velvety mouthfeel of whipped avocados. A frozen durian in Hawaii runs near $15, and you can forget about finding a fresh one.